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The Death Penalty and U.S. Diplomacy - How Foreign Nations and International Organizations Influence U.S. Policy (Hardcover)
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The Death Penalty and U.S. Diplomacy - How Foreign Nations and International Organizations Influence U.S. Policy (Hardcover)
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This unique book examines how U.S. domestic policy regarding the
death penalty has been influenced by international pressures, in
particular, by foreign nations and international organizations.
International pressure has mounted against America's use of the
death penalty, straining diplomatic ties. U.S. policies that
endorse the execution of juveniles, the mentally handicapped, and
disadvantaged foreign nationals have been recognized by allied
nations and international organizations as human rights abuses and
violation of international law. Further, organizations such as the
United Nations and Amnesty International have issued scathing
reports revealing racial bias and fundamental procedural flaws in
almost every phase of the judicial process in capital cases.
International pressures directed at governmental entities, in
particular specific states such as Texas, can have a profound
impact on governmental operational efficiency and public opinion
and effectively render capital punishment cost-prohibitive from a
public policy standpoint. The Death Penalty and U.S. Diplomacy
analyzes the institutional response to specific forms of foreign
intervention and influence such as consular intervention,
international litigation, and extradition negotiation. This is
documented through case studies such as how a judge in Texas v.
Green turned to a comparative Delaware case that relied on the
Vienna Convention to remove the death penalty as possible
punishment, and how Mexico pressured the White House in two
separate cases. By demonstrating that foreign actors have done much
to constrain the United States to abandon its policies of executing
foreigners, as well as its own citizens, the book explores the
foreign dimensions of the U.S. death penalty while advancing the
debate surrounding the viability of this controversial policy.
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